This Sentencing Snapshot describes sentencing outcomes for the offence of theft and details the age and gender of people sentenced for this offence in the County and Supreme Courts of Victoria between 2007–08 and 2011–12. Except where otherwise noted, the data represent sentences imposed at first instance. A person who dishonestly appropriates any property belonging...

This report details the Sentencing Advisory Council's work, delivery of outputs and financial management for the year. This year has been an exceptionally productive one for the Council. It has involved the publication of nine research papers and reports, totalling over 1,000 pages. These include three reports to the Attorney-General on major and complex policy...

This paper focuses on imprisonment, as it is the most severe, iconic and resource-intensive form of incapacitation. It is the form most commonly assumed to be effective and is the focus of most empirical research into this subject. The incapacitative effect of imprisonment presents a compelling logic: while in prison, an offender cannot offend in...

This report contains recommendations relating to proposed baseline levels for sentencing as well as recommendations about their practical implementation. The recommendations include: technical aspects of how a baseline sentencing scheme could be structured and the sentencing model that could be used sentencing procedure and exclusions from the scheme baseline levels for each offence additional offences...

This report presents key findings from community panels about offence seriousness and how participants weighed the factors that render different offences more or less serious. The research was conducted as part of the Maximum Penalties project, a review by the Sentencing Advisory Council of the maximum penalties for 250 offences to be included in a...